Bootloader, PPPoE and rc.local

[blinding_light]

I have just installed Lunar-Linux 1.6.0 and I have some questions.

(1) I first chose GRUB as my boot loader but there was some problem and I couldn't get Lunar-Linux to boot after installation. Then I re-installed Lunar-Linux and tried LILO instead. This worked better and I was able to boot Lunar-Linux OK. Both GRUB and LILO were installed to MBR without any visible option to install the boot loader elsewhere. This was a bit of a disappointment because I installed Lunar-Linux on a computer that multi-boots between several operating systems. I booted to Lunar-Linux and ran "grub-install /dev/hda7" (because /dev/hda7 is the partition where I installed Lunar-Linux) and then I used a Live-CD called SystemRescueCD to re-install the bootloader (GAG) that I previously had in MBR. This way I could again boot all my installed operating systems, including Lunar-Linux.

So, my first question is: Did I somehow miss the option to install the bootloader (I prefer GRUB) into the "superblock" of my Lunar-Linux partition or does the Lunar-Linux 1.6.0 installer only support installing the bootloader to MBR? And if the Lunar-Linux installer currently supports only installing the bootloader to MBR, are there any plans to improve the installer by adding an option to install the bootloader to the "superblock" of a specific partition?

(2) I have a PPPoE/ADSL network connection and I couldn't figure out how to set this during the installation or via "lnet" after the installation. I checked /usr/sbin with "ls" and found out that there's pppoe-setup and adsl-setup. What's the difference between these two? What's the preferred way to set up a PPPoE/ADSL network connection (during the installation or afterwards)? How do I make the PPPoE/ADSL network connection to start automatically every time I boot to Lunar-Linux?

(3) How can I execute some commands during the boot (like adding commands to rc.local in RedHat or Slackware)? I'd like to execute "setterm -blank 0" automatically every time I boot Lunar-Linux, so I wouldn't need to do it manually.

I have more questions I'd like to ask but let's see first if there are friendly people here reading this forum who can answer my questions.

[ElAngelo]

question 1.
If you have a bootloader installed already why would you install another bootloader with Lunar? (Just skip the installation of the bootloader)
As lunar linux is mainly a server oriented distro there's no real need for advanced bootloader setups so afaik this option is not planned.

question 2.
no idea...

question 3.
/etc/init.d/bootmisc throw all of your custom commands after the dmesg thing

question 4.
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[blinding_light]

OK, thanks!

I'll put pppoe-start in /etc/init.d/bootmisc, so that should solve my question #2.

I prefer to use server oriented distros for my workstation needs. Desktop oriented distros are usually built around KDE or GNOME and I don't use those -- Fluxbox is much better, IMHO. With a server oriented distro you first install only the base system and then you can add what you need, and you don't get anything you don't need.